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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stoner make with his seminar class when he starts it in Chapter IX?
(a) A sloppy appearance.
(b) A bad impression.
(c) A dominant appearance.
(d) A connection.

2. How late is Stoner for his appointment with Katherine to discuss her paper?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) An hour.

3. How many seminars are students required to take to finish a doctorate at Stoner's university?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. Where do Stoner and Katherine go for their only trip away together?
(a) New York.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) The Ozarks.
(d) Chicago.

5. Who aided Lomax in engineering university policies to help Walker?
(a) Gordon Finch.
(b) The dean.
(c) The president of the university.
(d) The chancellor.

6. What is the name of the head of the freshman English department that complains to Lomax about Stoner?
(a) Holland.
(b) Ehrhardt.
(c) Frye.
(d) Walker.

7. What is Stoner certain of regarding Katherine when he realizes he has feelings for her?
(a) She is too old.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) She isn't interested in him.
(d) She is too young.

8. Whose schedule is made so that Stoner never sees them in Chapter XI?
(a) Katherine's.
(b) Finch's.
(c) Lomax's.
(d) Grace's.

9. What year does Stoner note the Nazis engaging in the Spanish Civil War in the book?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1939.

10. What must Stoner serve on in regards to Charles Walker's oral examination?
(a) His advisor.
(b) His examining committee.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His dean.

11. How does Stoner describe his relationship with Edith after beginning an affair with Katherine?
(a) More abusive.
(b) Friendlier.
(c) Much worse.
(d) Livilier.

12. What is the name of the young woman who audits Stoner's seminar?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Jane.

13. What does Stoner find unfavorable at work after Lomax takes over the English department?
(a) He loses his office.
(b) His teaching schedule.
(c) He only has one class.
(d) He has less seminars.

14. Who does Lomax threaten to fire after finding out about Stoner's affair?
(a) Both Katherine and Stoner.
(b) No one.
(c) Stoner.
(d) Katherine.

15. How long is Stoner and Katherine's only trip away together?
(a) 3 days.
(b) A week.
(c) A month.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stoner say when Finch asks him if he wants to be the new director of the English department?

2. Who questions Stoner about his conduct against Walker in Chapter X?

3. How does Stoner feel his presence is to Katherine that makes him stop seeing her in Chapter XII?

4. What kind of company does Edith become involved in after her father's death?

5. What is the name of the graduate student Stoner meets with at the beginning of Chapter IX?

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